1. Scratch Art Deluxe Party Pack

   
   Get the party started with 48 awesome Scratch Art® projects to do with friends or give as gifts! Simple to use, amazing results, and surprises revealed with every scratch! The Deluxe Party Pack includes 12 jumbo stickers (stars, hearts, and...

2. Giving the Gift of Play

   As a child media researcher, I get a lot of questions around the holidays like: What is the best tablet to buy for kids? Are virtual reality goggles a good idea? Families may be more willing to splurge on new...

3. Recycled Art Projects Using Wooden Bead Trays

   This recycled materials art project idea is brought to you by Melissa & Doug, written by our Blog Ambassador Valerie Deneen of InnerChildFun. Have fun exploring art with your kids! -Val We love our wooden bead sets from Melissa & Doug! The beads are...

4. Enjoy Free Sticker WOW! Easter Printable Activities for Kids

   Sticker WOW! from Melissa & Doug is a whole new way to play with stickers—and one of our hottest toys of the year. With Easter fast approaching on Sunday, March 31, we wanted to share with you some FREE Easter-themed...

5. Meet the Sticker WOW! Characters + FREE Printables

   Have you heard about our latest innovative new product? Sticker WOW™ not only is a whole new way to play with stickers, it also features a fabulous foursome of fun character sticker stampers kids can use to stamp, stamp, stamp...

6. Toy Industry Leader Melissa & Doug Transforms Supply Chain to Support Rapid Growth

   WILTON, Conn., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Melissa & Doug, the global toy company known for its more than 30-year commitment to open-ended play, is proud to announce the continued transformation of its supply chain operations by opening a new world class distribution...

7. How Play Can Build Skills: An Age-By-Age Guide

   In my practice as a developmental behavioral pediatrician, I’ve seen again and again how our day-to-day interactions with our kids — what we say, how much we try to control versus let go, how distracted we are — really shape...

8. Screen-Free Week: Our Favorite Screen-Free Ways for Kids to Play

   Here at Melissa & Doug, we’re celebrating Screen-Free Week (May 6-12)!  We see Screen-Free Week as a great time to assess the quantity and quality of our children’s play. How can we encourage kids to gravitate to active, engaged types...

9. Babies and Play: What Every Parent Needs to Know

   Let’s talk about babies and play. Wait, can babies even play? A lot of times they just seem to sit there, or sleep (if you’re lucky), or eat, or cry! What’s going on in those little brains of theirs that...

10. How Play Can Help Get Kids Moving

    Welcome to February — cabin fever time! This is when I hear from the parents of my patients that their kids are antsy, cranky lumps on the couch. It’s cold outside in many parts of the country and kids (and...

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